Vol. V] EVERMANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1915 207 



oil company in Colombia, South America. Under the immedi- 

 ate direction of the a.ssistant curator, the department has been 

 active in building- up and caring for the collections, and in car- 

 rying on research ^vork. The months of April to June were 

 chiefly devoted to packing the collections preparatory to mov- 

 ing. During August and September the collections were 

 moved, unpacked, and installed in the cases in the new build- 

 ing. Although these duties required a great deal of time, op- 

 portunity was found to do some field work. Two trips were 

 made to the Fetaluma Quadrangle, which resulted in clearing 

 up a number of the problems concerning the geologic history 

 of that region. 



During the year the Academy published a paper prepared 

 by the assistant curator dealing with the Fauna of the Type 

 Tejon, and its relation to the Cowlitz phase of the Tejon group. 



The Academy also published a paper by Dr. E. T. Dumble, 

 based partly on Academy material, on the Tertiary deposits 

 of Northeastern Mexico. Three other papers based in part 

 on the collection of this department have been completed and 

 accepted for publication, and at least two others are in prepa- 

 ration. 



Many and valuable additions to the collections of this de- 

 partment during the year, most of them being donations by 

 various exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific International Expo- 

 sition. These are set forth in detail in the appendix to this 

 report. Mr. F. M. Anderson and Mr. Bruce Martin made ex- 

 tensive collections at Gatun, on the Panama Canal, and on the 

 north coast of the United States of Colombia. These collec- 

 tions include both recent and fossil shells and constitute a valu- 

 able addition to the department's research materials. 



Professor Yabe of the Imperial University of Tokyo has 

 already given the Academy an excellent collection of Pleisto- 

 cene and a few Cretaceous fossils from Japan, and an exchange 

 of other specimens has been arranged. 



Arrangements have been made whereby the California 

 State Mining Bureau will instal in the Museum a comprehen- 

 sive exhibit illustrative of the mineral resources of the state. 

 The Standard Oil Company has offered to instal an exhibit of 

 models, charts, etc., that will, it is believed, prove of great edu- 



